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What's The Deal with Titanium Chain Locks?
Leo Lichtman wrote: "Jasper Janssen" wrote: (clip)And of course 'reactive' armour, which is basically explosives slapped all over the outside, though I don't believe that's in actual use yet, just research. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Now we're getting somewhere. When do you think we will be able to get chain with this "reactive" stuff on it? I can just picture the look on the guy's face as it blows the jaws off his bolt cutters. ROTFLMAO! Thing is, it's illegal to booby-trap your property. Seriously, there was some case in the Midwest where some guy booby-trapped his house and permanently disabled a burglar...the guy had to pay money and got sent to prison -- despite warning signs about deadly traps! |
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What's The Deal with Titanium Chain Locks?
IMKen wrote:
Titanium is not as hard as steel. It will cut with tools easily available to a thief. It is strong on a strength to weight ration only. Russians build Nuclear Submarines from the stuff so you can see that is not even rare. How many ended up at the bottom of the ocean? -- Phil, Squid-in-Training |
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On 8 Sep 2005 13:33:51 -0700, "NYC XYZ" wrote:
Thing is, it's illegal to booby-trap your property. Seriously, there was some case in the Midwest where some guy booby-trapped his house and permanently disabled a burglar...the guy had to pay money and got sent to prison -- despite warning signs about deadly traps! Hell, you get sent to prison and fined for the entire productive working life's worth of earnings if some drunk kid climbs over your fence marked "warning, empty pool!" and uses your dive board to dive into 6 feet deep air. Jasper |
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What's The Deal with Titanium Chain Locks?
On Thu, 8 Sep 2005 19:48:57 -0400, Phil, Squid-in-Training wrote:
IMKen wrote: Titanium is not as hard as steel. It will cut with tools easily available to a thief. It is strong on a strength to weight ration only. Russians build Nuclear Submarines from the stuff so you can see that is not even rare. It should be noted that the old Soviet Union possessed the largest workable supply of titanium ore in the world. So much so that they could easily afford to use it for submarine hulls as well as whole aircraft fuselages, while the 'western' nations had to muddle along with alloys of steel for its hulls, saving the precious Ti for *some* aircraft and rocket parts. The proliferation of titanium for eg, firearms, jewelry, watches, and so on, has only happened since the fall of the old USSR as a political entity, releasing vast supplies of the stuff to entrepeneurs of the west. -- "There are only 10 kinds of people in the world; those who understand binary, and those who don't." |
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What's The Deal with Titanium Chain Locks?
Phil, Squid-in-Training wrote:
How many ended up at the bottom of the ocean? And of those, how many have been stolen by submarine thieves? I rest my case. -Mike |
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My lock is made of depleted uranium.
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NYC XYZ wrote: Hi, All: It occurred to me that a chain and lock made out of titanium would be the lightest and strongest of all...but I don't seem to see any purely titanium chain locks for sale, only "titanium reinforced" steel chain locks. Dumbass - Titanium costs $50-100/lb. (probably more now, those are 3 years ago prices) Steel costs something like $1.50 lb. (cold rolled was $.38/lb. 3 years ago). There are a variety of commonly available steel alloys that are harder to machine than titanium. Anti-theft chain was/is/will be a very poor application for an relatively expensive material like titanium. Only for commercial applications though. You should spend a grand or so of your own money and make your own custom titanium anti-theft chain. The girls in your neighborhood will be way impressed - you'll get laid for sure. thanks, K. Gringioni. |
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NYC XYZ wrote:
Hi, All: It occurred to me that a chain and lock made out of titanium would be the lightest and strongest of all...but I don't seem to see any purely titanium chain locks for sale, only "titanium reinforced" steel chain locks. What's up with that? Surely there are those who would pay premium dollar for a lightweight but extremely strong chain lock made of titanium. If I understand things correctly, titanium should be unbreakable, right? I mean, it's the stuff tank armor is made of! But I read instead that ti locks aren't as strong as steel, actually! WTF?! TIA! Titanium makes a light knife, but it is quite poor in edge holding capability, unless it is titanium carbide coated. The hardness of titanium and metallic alloys (not the carbide) is poor and being half the weight of good steel is not enough to make the world hunger for a lightweight, expensive poor performing knife. Hardness is pretty essential to edge holding in a knife. Half the weight and 1/2 or 2/3 of the hardness is a disaster as a knife. Don't believe the popular press articles on much about technology. Articles written by the technically illiterate are just that. -- 1) Eat Till SATISFIED, Not STUFFED... Atkins repeated 9 times in the book 2) Exercise: It's Non-Negotiable..... Chapter 22 title, Atkins book 3) Don't Diet Without Supplimental Nutrients... Chapter 23 title, Atkins book 4) A sensible eating plan, and follow it. (Atkins, Self Made or Other) |
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